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Let Freedom
Ring
By Lonnie King
This week I would like to in
troduce some of the young people
who have been working, in most
instances quietly and behind the
scenes, to make the Atlnata Stu
dent movement a success and to
insure its continuation. These peo
ple have sacrificed summer jobs
and summer fun in order that the
fight for dignity might not stum
ble during the absence of the
students from the Atlanta Univer
sity Center Schools. They have
given their time, talent, and ener
gies freely and without complaint,
working a seven-day week and in
some cases a 24 hour day. That
they are willing to expend even
a few hours a week is a tribute,
not only to their selfless attitude
and their avowed allegiance to the
principles of equality and fair
play, but also to their parents and
teachers who have prepared them
to become the leaders of to
morrow.
Mary Ann Smith, a senior at
Morris Brown College, has been
a member of the Committee On
Appeal For Human Rights since
its inception in March. Her dedi
cation and devotion to what she
considers only her duty has
shown many scoffers that a girl
can work as effectively if not
more effectively than most men.
James Felder, a senior at Clark
College, was also an initial mem
ber of the student committee here.
Felder has capably handled pub
lic relations for the student move
ment, writing and producing
several radio programs explaining
the student view and helping im
measurably in keeping the activi
ties and ideals of the student
movement before the public.
Benjamin Brown, also from
Clark College and also a charter
member of the student movement,
has easily shouldered the respon
sibility for carrying out several
functions at once and has suc
ceeded admirably. Brown is pres
ently head of the action area of
committee activity and coordi
nates demonstrations and picket
ing.
Carolyn Long, another gift from
Clark and also an original mem
ber of the committee, has proved
that brains and beauty do mix
very well. Acting as office secre
tary, Carolyn has helped keep our
office running smoothly and has
added to her many duties many
hours spent on the picket line and
around the conference table.
Ruby Doris Smith, a Spelman
student, has given us her energy
and tireless spirit in helping in
any phase of student activity
where she has been needed.
John Lee Gibson, a Morehouse
graduate, coupled his experience
and a full time job in giving his
every available moment to the
movement. His judicious advice
and stern militancy have been
invaluable. .
Julian Bond, a Morehouse sen
ior, was one of the very first
active participants in student ac
tivity here. He has also worked
with public relations for the com
mittee.
James Oliver Gibson, a gradu
ate of Duquesne University in
Pittsburgh, was a tireless worker
during the summer months. Able
to lend his keen mind toward the
solution of any problem, he aided
every facet of our activity. His
unconditional allegiance to the
tenets of democracy and the un
divided attention he gave to the
slightest instance of discrimina
tion has made us all aware that
we can improve ourselves. Now
that he has left the city, it will
be difficult for us to measure up
to the high standards which he
set for himself in everything he
did.
Albert Brinson and Charles
Lyles, two Morehouse men, have
managed to take time from their
busy lives to give the movement
a steady hand.
Meet The Men Behind The Quota
These are the men who ....
Cut down on crime in Atlanta by:
making 10,133 arrests in 1958
making 15,032 arrests in 1959
Were first made a part of Atlanta’s police force in 1948. Of the
8 originally taken on, these are still on the roster:
Claude Dixon
H. H. Hooks
E. H. Lyons
R. McKibbens
Willard Strickland
Now include the following policemen, added since 1948:
J. H. Amos
Huley G. Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Howard Baugh
Dyke E. Brown
Pete Davenport
Norman A. Davis
Claude Dixon, II
Lovett Goss, Jr.
H. H. Harper
A. E. Harris
C. E. Harvey
R. B. Hendricks
J. D. Hudson
Are represented as detectives assigned to the Vice Squad by
2 men: Hudson and Lyons
Are represented as detectives with the Homicide Division by
2 men: Baugh and Perry
Are at present held to a ‘quota’ of roughly 1 Negro policeman to
every 25 white policemen (approx. 800 to 31) in a com
munity where Negroes make up about 1/3 of the population
Are still alleged to have full power to arrest only Negroes and
to be required to call a white lieutenant in situations
where whites are to be detained
Are reported to be severely short-handed and to need the support
of additional officers because of late hours, long beats
Have in many cases been frozen for 2 to 12 years in an unchang
ing low-level ranking, despite good records — while white
officers who came on the Force at the same time, or
later, receive promotions
Are steadfastly devoted to the Department and to their duties,
despite official and public indifference which might well
make them feel that fighting crime really ‘does not pay’ . . .
Clare Greene, a Spelman grad
uate, has given us her sincere
belief in freedom and equality.
Bobby Sleigh, a Morris Brown
student, has worked many long
hours to assure the evolution of
the student movement in Atlanta.
There are many others who have
worked as hard or harder than
those mentioned above. There are
those who were only able to give
a minute here or there, or an
hour or two a week on the picket
line. There have been those who
press a dollar or a coin into the
hand of one of the pickets with
the whispered message, “Carry
on. We’re with you.” There are
far too many to mention and sin
cerely recognize each one even if
each of these pages was to be
devoted to that end. We can only
say, “Thank you.”
King, Editor On The Air
“For Your Information”, a
discussion program is being
aired on WAOK each Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 P.M.
On this Sunday, September
18, Lonnie King and M. Carl
Holman discuss the Student
Movement.
JAMES O. GIBSON
THE ATLANTA INQUIRER
J. O. Hull
W. B. Jones
R. A. Knight
Roland Lane
G. A. Logan
J. E. McKinney
C. E. Mundy, Jr.
C. J. Perry
A. D. Smith
Cleophus Sutton, Jr.
Willard Strickland
J. E. Taliaferro
C. H. Williams (presser)
R. A. Williams
The Inquirer
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ented girls who are now the spe
cial concern of big foundations
and the scholarship committees.
Even the youngsters equipped by
their natural skills to run over
beefy linemen or hook basketballs
through a hoop could not be sure
of all their expenses in those
schools which did not raise the
embarrassing question of color.
But a chance was what the
next generation had been prom
ised, and that chance they were
given. We can remember a block
in a certain city where you could
see coming from the trolley at the
end of the day a girl who had
become woman and old woman
before her time, giving her youth
like something of no account so
that her baby brother might study
in Nashville and one day be a
doctor. And on the same street
a grandfather who plucked one
grandchild from the streets like
a brand from the burning, cashed
in a long-held insurance policy to
make sure she got off to a school
where something would be made
of her musical gifts.
And both the grandfather and
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Dear Sir,
It is regrettable than in these
difficult times, when our country
is striving to tell the peoples of
Asia and Africa that we desire
to be their friend, the Southern
reactionaries refuse to permit the
freeborn Negro American to enjoy
those rights guaranteed him in
the American Constitution. In an
era of guided missiles and nuclear
weapons, how can America ex
plain to Russia the hate mills
employed against the Negro citi
zen? We claim for ourselves every
single right that belongs to a free
born American citizen. Until we
obtain these civil, political and
social rights we shall never cease
to protest and assail the ears of
America. Is America not our land?
Have Negroes riot built it and bled
for it, too? Does not our toil and
tears of three hundred years sanc
tify its soil? It is here, America,
that we Negroes stand and stay
and succeed!
Edward B. King, Jr.
the sister of the doctor-to-be were
envied by a balding man in the
same neighborhood who had built
one smoky barbecue shack into a
chain so successful on both sides
of the river that he could have
sent half the boys on his street
to college without feeling the
strain. Why envy the other two,
then? Because his own son had
found nothing more interesting in
life than cars and girls. And,
therefore, with both in bountiful
supply at home, could not even
be bribed into going away to col
lege. So much, then, for the
dream his father had dreamed all
the while he was hustling rib
sandwiches in that first smoky
hole in the wall . . .
We think of these things when
ever the schoolrooms are filling
up again. And we salute in silence
all those nameless ones who con
tinue hopefully to offer their
shoulders that the young may
climb up and be granted a better
view.
Dear Editor:
From the very inception of your
paper, I have watched its growth
with a great deal of pride. I am
a firm believer in and supporter
of the principles for which it was
originally established, and I per
sue each issue with avid interest.
Recognizing that it is the design
of the Inquirer to incorporate and
maintain the highest standards as
an unrivaled medium of public
information, and edification, I
wish to take small issue with you
on a traditional error appearing
in your September 5 issue.
In captioning a picture of pro
fessional men picketing Edgewood
Avenue A & P Store, you should
have referred to “physicians, den
tists and physicians’ wives . . .”
rather than “doctors, dentists and
doctors’ wives . . .”
The term doctor means — one
qualified to teach: a very learned
man. Hence, whether he bears the
Ph.D, M.D., D.D.S., Ed.D, or any
other doctorate degree, he is, un
qualifiedly, a doctor in his par
ticular field of study.
The dentist is a doctor. His col
league, the doctor of medicine, is
intelligently referred to as a phy
sician.
Very' sincerely,
E. Earl Richards, D.D.S.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1960
Inquirer Staffer
Attends Temple
University
By Charlayne A. Hunter
James O. Gibson. Inquirer
staffer, and son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Gibson of Atlanta, recently
left the city to assume a Gradu
ate Assistantship at Temple Uni
versity in Philadelphia. While at
Temple, he will also begin study
toward the Master of Arts Degree
in English.
While doing his undergraduate
work at Duquesne University in
Pittsburgh, “Jim” (James O.)
gained high recognition because
of his perceptive interest in writ
ing and dramatics. He, and one
other student, were the originators
and publishers of the University
Literary magazine, then called
the “Citadel.”
Before graduating from Du
quesne in 1956, “Jim” was elected
to Sigma Tau Delta, a National
Honorary English Society and
Alpha Psi Omega, a national
Dramatics Fraternity.
Following graduation Jim vol
unteered for Army service and
was sent to Europe, where he
became Educational Director of
the Southern Germany Region. By
the time he received his discharge,
he had obtained the rank of Ser
geant.
When he came home, Jim en
tered Atlanta University and also
worked for the Department of
Public Welfare.
This summer, he was appointed
Vice Chairman of the Committee
on Appeal For Human Rights
and later joined the staff of the
Atlanta Inquirer.
Now that Jim is out of the city
for a while, Atlanta-based mem
bers of the Inquirer staff appro
priately refer to him as “our
Foreign Correspondent”.
